I’ve put somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 seconds into this thought so there may be an obvious reason as to why this is dumb. Full disclosure.
Why not spawn with the pistol as your primary weapon rather than secondary? The way I see it, any competent spawn system won’t put you close enough to other players as to necessitate the use of a close-midrange weapon, but just about every spawn system short of a spawn room has the occasional issue with players spawning at range in or near the enemy’s line of sight. That split second it takes to switch weapons could make all the difference between victory/successful, legitimate escape and dying right out of the gate. Makes sense, no?
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In the context of weapon order and grenade selection order (for gametypes in which we spawn with more than one type of grenade), I wouldn’t mind that at all. Problem solved as far as my topic, really.
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Yeah, but I don’t want Halo 4 style loadout customization.
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Oh Christ no. There is a reason I never played that game by choice.
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Theoretically it’s a fine idea, it’s just the norm throughout first person shooters that the player only spawns with a sidearm if it’s their only weapon. Tradition and all that.
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Bumps are bad. Seriously. They’re against the rules so please don’t do it again.
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Oh -Yoink-, I’m sorry. What about subtle bumps which add nothing to the topic but ostensibly are legitimate questions or comments unto themselves?
It doesn’t take long to tap the (Y) button (Or whatever button swaps weapons in your current control scheme) to switch to the Pistol, so I don’t see much point in it. It’s not like Halo CE where you frequently spawn in the LoS of an enemy or even in the thick of battle and NEED that Power Pistol and could die in the time it takes you to swap the Assault Rifle for it.
A very minor change, but one that wouldn’t be harmful either. I don’t see the problem in such an addition if they ever chose to make one. Preferred Weapon and all that.
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> It doesn’t take long to tap the (Y) button (Or whatever button swaps weapons in your current control scheme) to switch to the Pistol, so I don’t see much point in it. It’s not like Halo CE where you frequently spawn in the LoS of an enemy or even in the thick of battle and NEED that Power Pistol and could die in the time it takes you to swap the Assault Rifle for it.
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Listening for that tell-tale click of people swapping to the pistol in CE is great though.
Customizing loadouts made more sense with the customization available in H4. With everyone having all the “abilities” loadouts for weapons only seems rather pointless to me personally.
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That’s what Warzone is for.
OP: Clearing pressing one button and instantly switching is too much work for You. Seriously it takes a grand total of 2 seconds too do.
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> OP: Clearing pressing one button and instantly switching is too much work for You. Seriously it takes a grand total of 2 seconds too do.
That one second of time is all it takes to be spotted and descoped continuously. In contrast, the switch to an assault rifle is one which will not have to be made immediately with any modern spawn system. Moreover, the motion tracker will foreshadow when its use will be beneficial and you therefore have plenty of warning to change your weapon.
If the switch were instantaneous, you would have some kind of argument. It is not, so you do not.
